England vs Germany LIVE: Latest score and updates as Lionesses chase victory at Wembley

And we are underway at Wembley.

It’s a pleasant enough night for football, certainly for late October. The two skippers Leah Williamson and Giulia Gwinn slaps hands at the coin toss.

The Lionesses will be wearing black armbands tonight as a mark of respect following the passing of Ella Toone’s father.

The Lionesses and Manchester United midfielder shared in a post on social media last month that her dad Nick had died aged 59, just days before he was due to celebrate his 60th birthday.

Toone scored in England’s Euro 2022 final victory over Germany at Wembley and starts for tonight’s rematch against the same opponents.

The biggest cheer from the England fans already in their seats at Wembley when the teams were read out was for a substitute. Mary Earps’ popularity remains undisputed, despite her place on the England bench tonight.

Some broadcasting news ahead of kick off this evening, with ITV remaining the television home of the Lionesses in the United Kingdom after a four-year deal was agreed with the Football Association (FA). The deal will see the broadcaster show all of the England senior women’s teams qualifying fixtures for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2027 and UEFA Women’s EURO 2029, as well as the team’s UEFA Women’s Nations League campaigns and all international friendlies.

ITV will also share coverage of next year’s Euros with the BBC.

England scored 12 goals across their opening two games of 2024, in the 7-2 v Austria and 5-1 v Italy, but have netted just eight goals across their six outings since.

Sarina Wiegman’s side drew 0-0 with Sweden last time out, a result that booked their place at Euro 2025, but are goals are a concern for the Lionesses?

Alessia Russo was England’s top scorer in qualifying with three while Georgia Stanway got two. Lauren James, Alex Greenwood and Beth Mead all got one each.

Germany have a new manager ahead of Euro 2025 and boss Christian Wück will take charge of his first game tonight. He was previously in charge of Germany’s youth teams and led Germany’s men’s Under-17s to the World Cup last year.

He now takes charge of a Germany squad that won bronze at the Paris Olympics this summer, beating Spain in the bronze medal match after defeat to eventual champions the United States in the semi-final.

Wück takes charge at a difficult time, however. Legendary striker and capain Alexandra Popp is set to retire after Monday’s match against Australia, while veterans Marina Hegering and Merle Frohms have also called time on their careers.

Germany have also been hit by injuries and will be missing Bayern Munich’s Lea Schüller and Lena Oberdorf.

Lauren James was forced to withdraw from England’s squad after picking up a calf injury in Chelsea’s win over FC Twente in the Champions League earlier this month. The forward is recovering at Cobham but Chelsea head coach said she could be out for as much as “five to six weeks” – which may rule her out of the next international break as well.

James has not played for England since April’s win over Republic of Ireland and missed the previous two international windows due to injury as well.

“We want her to be fit, that’s the main thing,” Wiegman said. “Unfortunately she’s injured and she’s working on her recovery.

“She’s in a great environment at her club and as soon as she gets minutes she’ll show quality because that’s the quality Chelsea play at. Then we’ll see how she can fit into the team.”